| Subject: | Fwd: 2000 Para-Olympics |
| Date: | 10/19/2000 12:22 AM |
| From: | Candi Murray |
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X-From_: mar-@hevanet.com Thu Oct 19 12:53:16 2000 Delivered-To: cmur-@teleport.com Reply-To: "Martin Clan" <mar-@hevanet.com> From: "Martin Clan" <mar-@hevanet.com> To: "Candi Murray" <cmur-@teleport.com> Subject: 2000 Para-Olympics Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 05:55:39 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 Candi, Can you post this to OBRA? B~ The webcast and schedule sites are listed at the bottom. ----- Original Message ----- From: <dave_h-@my-deja.com> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.racing Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:34 AM Subject: Re: Paralympic webcast As of right now the mixed tandem pair from the USA of Spencer Yates and Kharissa Whitsell have set a new Paralympic record in the 3k mixed pursuit qualifing of 3:36 they have qualified first so far. Dave ~<>~ Whoop, whoop! Isn't Kharissa our Oregon Junior from Springfield? If I'm not mistaken, she got here start on the back of our Pogliogi, a retired Olympic track tandem. You go girl! And, Spencer too!. Bonnie ~~~<<>>~~~ Yep Same girl Bonnie, Whitsell, 19, is the youngest member of the U.S. cycling team. She learned of the Paralympics when she met Assistant Coach Mike Rosenberg (a 1996 Paralympic medalist) at a bicycle-racing club in Eugene, OR. Whitsell is very excited about competing in her first Paralympics, and says she hopes to be a good example for up-and-coming young cyclists. Although Whitsell is young (she graduated high school this summer), her pilot is veteran Spencer Yates. Yates set a world record in the quarterfinals in the men's tandem 4000m pursuit at the 1996 Games with Matt King. The two have only been training together since Whitsell moved to Colorado in June, but Whitsell says that is not much of a factor. "I felt really comfortable the first time riding with him," says Whitsell. "I think we're really compatible strength-wise." Both Whitsell and Yates feel they have a good chance to medal in the pursuit. If they do well, Whitsell would consider applying for permanent residency at the Olympic Training Center. She is planning to go to college in Eugene, Ore., or Colorado Springs, Col. ~~~<<>>~~~ The 2000 Paralympic webcast from Sydney is on www.wemedia.com The schedule can be found at: http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/sep00/oly00/schedule.shtml#ptrack |
